This past weekend The Big E Fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts played host to the 2015 New England Food Truck Festival. When we went on Sunday we thought we’d arrive right at noon when they opened. It was already packed. The lines were l.o.n.g. The sun was h.o.t. The kids were h.u.n.g.r.y. You get […]
Ice Cream
My Grandmother’s Chocolate Caramel Sauce
As a little girl, we spent a lot of time at my grandmother’s house. Weekends, weeknights, holidays, you name it we were there a lot. We got to see our cousins and spend time with our grandparents and I am so grateful that I have those memories now. While I don’t remember a lot of […]
Batch Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Every now and then our local market surprises us. We were in search of ice cream sandwiches for the kids the other day and instead found a very artsy pint of salted caramel ice cream from batch out of Boston. We knew we would love it just from the container. When we saw it was […]
Mt. View Restaurant in Hampden, Massachusetts
Sometimes we remember places from our childhood as being super amazing. When we revisit them as adults we often realize it was just the excitement of childhood and eating out that was the good part…not the case with Mt. View Restaurant in Hampden, Massachusetts. For true locals in my age range, Mt. View […]
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Growing up in England, this ice cream was a childhood favorite. A note from my sister about my grandmother reminded me that she would make mint chocolate chip ice cream for us. So this is a little tribute to her. The mint in our garden is thriving this year, so this ice cream is not […]
Five Spiced Salted Pecans…for Ice Cream!
Sweet or savory? Do you mix? One of us does….and one of us didn’t….until now! Last week we went to the Tanglewood Music Festival for a fabulous night of Beethoven where we sat on the lawn and enjoyed a little picnic of snacks (see previous blog). We had made some five […]
Vanilla Fig Balsamic Ice Cream
Ice cream might be my very favorite of all the sweet treats. I could eat it by the half gallon for breakfast, lunch and dinner and never tire of it. It wasn’t until two years ago that I even realized that ice cream did not have to be flavored so simply. We were at […]